This snippet from the Financial Times, brought to our attention by Wings Over Scotland, perfectly illustrates the principal weapon deployed by Better Together/Project Fear during the first independence referendum campaign – doubt. The rules governing this form of...

Reported in Oil & Gas People, on 1st February 2018, a survey of more than 800 executives found 63% confident of growth in 2018 compared with only 32% last year. According to the report: ‘A new optimism is now emerging, driven from a common understanding that cost...

Here’s what yesterday’s announcement by BP looked like in an anonymous (junior reporter?) Herald report yesterday: ‘BP oil find is major boost to North Sea production. Oil giant BP has announced the discovery of what is believed to be a large North Sea field in a...

We’ve heard much from Unionist politicians and media of the supposed terminal decline of the North Sea as a source for revenue. We know now that was propaganda and several major figures have suggested a Third Wave boom to come in the next few years. See for example:...